Zc

Question 1

barratry

Answer 1

the crime of frivolous law suits

Judge Merchan is guilty of barratry, and lawfare against Trump.

Question 2

cataclysm

Answer 2

a disaster causing a violent upheaval

The Military Industrial Complex and Three Letter Assinine Agencies are planning a nuclear cataclysm to retain power.

Question 3

byzantine

Answer 3

overly complex

Tax law is byzantine and needs to be eliminated and replaced by a simple system.

Question 4

ambient

Answer 4

completely surrounding

The ambient flood waters forced the family onto their roof.

Question 5

ad rem

Answer 5

to the point latin

The ad rem response to the complex question was appreciated.

Question 6

a pod of….

Answer 6

seals

A pod of seals lolled on the ice floe, enticing the ravenous pod of Orcas.

Question 7

dromedary and bactrian camels

Answer 7

dromedary =one hump
bactrian -two humps

Dromedaries are native to Arabia while Bactrian Camels are native to the Steppes of Central Asia.

Question 8

resipiscence

Answer 8

the state of knowing you did wrong and being repentant

Gretchen after eating the cheese nips sat moody eyed in a state if resipiscence.

Question 9

a schismatic

Answer 9

one who foments disunion and chaos

Soros is a schismatic.

Question 10

colluctation
noun

Answer 10

a collective struggle

The colluctation was led by Martin Luther King.

Question 11

imprimis
adverb

Answer 11

firstly

Following his coronation, imprimis Henry V wanted to reestablish law and order throughout the Kingdom.

Question 12

epicure

Answer 12

one with refined taste in food and wine

David was a true epicure.

Question 13

inure
verb with object

Answer 13

to become accustomed to hardship
Living in Alaska he became inured to the cold.

Question 14

to inure
verb without a following object

Answer 14

to take effect

The political change will inure on January 20th.

Question 15

panacea

Answer 15

a cure-all

The government is foisting vaccines panaceas for any ill.

Question 16

burin

Answer 16

a sharply pointed steel engraver’s tool

The lessons of that siege were engraved into Henry’s mind by the burin of failure.

Question 17

hortatory

Answer 17

a rousing speech used to incite action

The Major at Gallipoli gave a hortatory against the Turks before
“going over.”

Question 18

irridentism

Answer 18

a strong desire to regain lost territory or culture

Putin’s irridentism is insatiable.

Question 19

acculturation

Answer 19

adapting to oneself another’s culture

Unlike German, Italian, or Irish US emigres, Islamists violently refuse acculturation.

Question 20

contumacious

Answer 20

obstinately disobedient

Many two-year-old boys are contumacious .

Question 21

sans-culottes

Answer 21

“without knee breeches” a term of contempt given by French Aristocrats to the plebian Revolutionaries

Insulted by day, the “Sans-Culottes” oiled their guillotines by night.

Question 22

animadvert

Answer 22

to comment unfavorably upon someone or something

Despite embarrassingly being shown as the trivial view, Liberals continue to animadvert The MAGA party.

Question 23

riant

Answer 23

laughing

Santa’s coal besmirched riant face poked out of the flue.

Question 24

quicksilver (adj)

Answer 24

rapidly unpredictable and changeable

Thomas is as always quicksilver.

Question 25

brio

Answer 25

vigor

Even at 80 he showed remarkable brio.

Question 26

implacably
adverb

Answer 26

not capable of being placated, or appeased

The enemy attacked implacably.
She cried implacably.

Question 27

railed

Answer 27

To utter bitter denunciation , to curse
Mother railed at her misbehaving teenage girl.

Question 28

ruefully

Answer 28

looking in a mournful way
The losing team sat ruefully on the bench.

Question 29

insouciance

Answer 29

lack of care or concern

Chrissy’s insouciance towards my family is despicable.

Question 30

abrogate

Answer 30

to abolish by official action

Unless Trump’s demands of Europe are met, he should abrogate the US treaty with NATO.

Question 31

conflate

Answer 31

to fuse into one entity

It is easy, but unfair, to conflate illegal immigrants with criminals.

Question 32

assiduously

Answer 32

diligently and persistently

I worked assiduously to get into Medical School.

Question 33

sinecure

Answer 33

a cushy prestigious job

Vivek and Musk will eliminate all sinecures in the Federal Government.

Question 34

mendacious

Answer 34

untruthful

Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.

Question 35

meacock

Answer 35

an effeminate coward

Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.

Question 36

pleionosis

Answer 36

an exaggerated sense of one’s importance

Whoopi’s pleionosis is obvious to all. No one gives a shit about what she thinks.

Question 37

shambolic

Answer 37

completely disorganized and chaotic

The shambolic Federal Government needs an overhaul.

Question 38

belatedly

Answer 38

occurring later than expected

Reinforcement arrived belatedly.